ISSN 1330-1012

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

18th International Conference on
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERFACES
ITI '96

Pula, Croatia, June 18-21, 1996

Editors
Damir Kalpic
Vesna Hljuz Dobric


ORGANIZED BY

SPONSORED BY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

CO-OPERATING INSTITUTIONS



INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairman
D. Kalpic,
Department of Applied Mathematics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Members
M. Becue, Spain I. Bratko, Slovenia
F. Breitenecker, AustriaL. Budin, Croatia
V. Ceric, Croatia G. Doukidis, Greece
I. Futo, Hungary V. Glavinic, Croatia
A. Javor, Hungary C. Jones, UK
T. Legovic, Croatia P. Long, UK
V. Luzar-Stiffler, Croatia R. Manger, Croatia
M. T. Molfino, Italy A. Morin, France
I. Olkin, USA R. J. Paul, UK
M. Pidd, UK S. Ribaric, Croatia
D. Rosenzweig, Croatia A. Seila, UK
D. Skorin-Kapov, USA A. Smailagic, USA
V. Vojtek, Slovakia M. A. Vouk, USA
S. Vuletic, Croatia M. Zagar, Croatia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman
S. Krajcar
Vice Chair
V. Hljuz Dobric
Members
Z. Golubic I. Maric
M. Mauher B. Radic

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PREFACE

INVITED PAPERS

Ferligoj, A.(pp 3)
OPTIMIZATIONAL APPROACH TO BLOCKMODELING
Mamede, N., Soares, P.(pp 11)
UNIVERSITY AUTOMATED TIMETABLING
Sargent, R. G. (pp 21)
AN INTRODUCTION TO HIERARCHICAL CONTROL FLOW GRAPH MODELS
Soelkner, J. (pp 35)
FRAILTY MODELS IN SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS

Costantino, M., Collingham, R. J., Morgan, R. G (pp 43)
INFORMATION EXTRACTION IN THE LOLITA SYSTEM USING TEMPLATES FROM FINANCIAL NEWS ARTICLES
Dordevic, D., Josifovski, Lj., Mihajlov, D. (pp 55)
CHARACTER SHAPE PRECLASSIFICATION IN MIXED SCRIPT OCR FOR MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE
Josifovski, Lj., Mihajlov, D., Dordevic, D., Loskovska, S. (pp 61)
TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION FOR MACEDONIAN AS PART OF A SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT OF HUMANS WITH DAMAGED SIGHT
Manger, R. (pp 67)
CAN HOLOGRAPHIC NEURAL NETWORKS BE USED FOR DATA COMPRESSION?
Markovic, D., Zanchi, V., Bonkovic, M. (pp 73)
IDENTIFICATION OF 2-D BIPED WALKING SYSTEM BY TV-PC SET
Nouza, J. (pp 79)
AN INTERFACE FOR VOICE ACCESS TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Stojanov, G., Bozinovski, S. (pp 85)
INTERACTIONIST-EXPECTATIVE VIEW ON AGENCY AND LEARNING
Tepes, B., Zubrinic, T., Szirovicza, L., Hunjet, I. (pp 91)
HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL (HMM) FOR TAGGING OF CROATIAN LANGUAGE TEXTS
Tudman, M., Zubrinic, T., Boras, D., Lauc, D. (pp 97)
PUNCTUATION AND CONNECTING WORDS IN CROATIAN TEXT - SEGMENTATION MODEL
Zubrinic, T., Lauc, D., Manucci, M. (pp 105)
CROATIAN WORD TAGGING SYSTEM - SOLAH

BIOMETRICS

Grbac, I., Dalbelo-Basic, B. (pp 113)
COMPARISON OF THERMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT MATTRESS STRUCTURES
Hercigonja-Szekeres, M., Faber, B., Kern, J. (pp 119)
RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY SIGNAL PROCESSING
Hrianka, M., Gabaj, P., Tomek, I. (pp 123)
IMAGE ANALYSIS, ENHANCING THE INFORMATIONAL VALUE OF IMAGES, CREATING OF THE STEREOGRAM
Petrovecki, M., Uzarevic, B., Jakic Razumovic, J., Petrovecki, V., Romic Stojkovic, R., Martinovic, I., Marusic, M. (pp 129)
ASSESSMENT OF PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN BREAST CARCINOMA USING SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
Simic, D., Delimar, M. (pp 135)
ON THE POWER AND THE SIZE OF THE T-TEST AND THE QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT
Sostaric, A., Korosec, D., Zazula, D. (pp 141)
WAVELET TRANSFORM IN EMG ANALYSIS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS

Benis, R., Stipetic, H., Bujanovic, I. (pp 149)
NETWORK CONFIGURATION PROCESSES-DYNAMIC APPROACH IN NEOS*V2 NETWORKS
Bertolissi, E., Preece, C. (pp 155)
ASSESSMENT OF REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES OF NETWORK PROTOCOLS IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Bujanovic, I., Benis, R., Stipetic, H. (pp 163)
NEOS INSTALLABLE FILE SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Cecuk, A-M. (pp 169)
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET DIRECTORY SERVICE USING WHOIS++ PROTOCOL
Dobrenic, D. (pp 175)
SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE HOSTS WITH DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS
Hocenski, Z., Martinovic, G., Veizer, B. (pp 181)
TESTING AND EVALUATION OF DEPENDABILITY OF MICROCOMPUTER FAULT-TOLERANT SYSTEM
Hudec, J. (pp 187)
FUNCTIONAL TEST GENERATION DESIGN STRATEGY FOR VLSI SYSTEMS
Janas, J. M. (pp 191)
EXTENDING THE FAULT COVERAGE OF MULTI-PARTY PROTOCOL CONFORMANCE TESTING
Olejar, J., Steinmuller, B. (pp 197)
THE ARCHITECTURE OF A LOW LEVEL PROTOCOL ANALYSING TOOL
Pehar, D., Delija, D. (pp 205)
COMMUNICATION NETWORK SIMULATION ON THE UNIX SYSTEM TROUGH USE OF THE REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS
Stipetic, H., Benis, R., Bujanovic, I. (pp 211)
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE DESIGN OF NEOS*V2 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
Vujnovic, V., Maric, I. (pp 217)
THE LASER COMMUNICATIONS IN CARNET
Zagar, M., Muzak, G., Trupec, D., Kuresevic, A. (pp 223)
NETWORK OPERATIONS AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM

DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS

Breyer, H., Filipcic, L. (pp 231)
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PROXY.SRCE.HR SERVER
Georgiev, Tz., Ratkov, Al., Tzonkov, St. (pp 239)
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS APPROACH FOR INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT L- LEUCINE PRODUCTION PROCESSES
Grum, J. (pp 245)
ANALYSIS OF SHAPE, SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF SULPHIDE INCLUSIONS IN FREE CUTTING STEEL
Grum, J. (pp 253)
ESTIMATION OF SURFACE INTEGRITY WITH MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES AFTER MECHANICAL MACHINING
Grum, J., Sturm, R. (pp 261)
ANALYSIS OF GRAPHITE PARTICLES IN DIFFERENT NODULAR IRONS OBTAINED BY THE MODIFIED SALTYKOV METHOD
Viertl, R. (pp 267)
STATISTICS WITH NON-PRECISE DATA

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DATABASES

Aniorte, P., Meyranx, J. (pp 275)
TERMINOLOGICAL DATABASE DESIGN: AN APPROACH BASED ON THE USE OF CONCEPTUAL GRAPHS
Blagajac, S., Krajcar, S., Skrlec, D. (pp 281)
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MODELING - A SIMPLE PROCEDURE OF LOADING EXISTING DATA TO GIS
Goczyla, K., Horodecki, Z. (pp 287)
INDEXING ON COMPLEX ATTRIBUTES IN OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE SYSTEMS
Mladineo, N., Knezic, S., Srdelic, M. (pp 293)
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM IN COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
Mraovic, B., Trupcevic, D. (pp 299)
THE ROLE OF IT IN DESIGNING BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
Vedris, M. (pp 307)
NORMALISATION PRINCIPLES RESTATED FOR WEB DESIGNERS
Vukadinovic, V., Loncaric, Z., Teklic, T. (pp 313)
THE IMPLEMENT OF THE AL-METHOD IN FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS IN AGRICULTURE

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION

Bogataj, T. (pp 321)
NOTES ON THE ANALYSIS OF REFLECTOMETRIC RESULTS
Orman, G. V. (pp 327)
CONTROL TURING MACHINES YIELDING SOME NUMERICAL FUNCTIONS CHARACTERIZING GENERATIVE SYSTEMS
Pogany, T. (pp 333)
ON CERTAIN DISCRETE KOTEL'NIKOV-SHANNON FORMULAS FOR STOHASTIC PROCESSES
Pogany, T., Tudor, M. (pp 339)
BANDWIDTH ESTIMATOR EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN THE IRREGULAR SAMPLING RESTORATION FOR DETERMINISTIC SIGNALS
Stefanovski, S., Mihajlov, D., Loskovska, S. (pp 345)
CONSTRUCTION OF MUTUALLY RECURSIVE FUNCTION SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE VARIABLE D0L-SYSTEMS

MODELLING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION

Angelov, P. (pp 353)
INTELLIGENT OPTIMAL CONTROL OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES
Bastic, M. (pp 359)
INFORMATION IN NEW PRODUCT DECISION MAKING
Cielatkowski, J., Goczyla, K. (pp 365)
INTEGRATING DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRANSPORT INTO ON-LINE JOURNEY PLANNING SYSTEM
Ceric, V. (pp 371)
VISUAL INTERACTIVE MODELLING AND SIMULATION AS A DECISION-SUPPORT IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT LOGISTIC OPERATIONS
Delimar, M., Simic, D., Delimar, N. (pp 377)
A GENERAL MODEL OF THE DYNAMICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Duic, N., Schneider, D. R., Bogdan, Z. (pp 383)
SENSITIVITY ANALYSES OF ADDITIVE CORRECTION MULTIGRID METHOD APPLIED TO FURNACE MODELING
Filipec, M., Krajcar, S., Skrlec, D. (pp 393)
OPTIMIZATION BY SIMULATED ANNEALING: CAPACITED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM
Fischer, D., Nikolovski, S. (pp 401)
AN IMPROVED ALGORITHM FOR FINDING THE MOST RELIABLE PATH IN A NETWORK
Futo, I., Gabor, A., Sokvari, A., Sztojkov, L. (pp 405)
A SIMULATION BASED HOSPITAL EVALUATION
Georgiev, Tz., Ratkov, Al., Tzonkov, St. (pp 411)
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF FED - BATCH FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR AMINO ACID PRODUCTION
Golub, M. (pp 417)
AN IMPLEMENTATION OF BINARY AND FLOATING POINT CHROMOSOME REPRESENTATION IN GENETIC ALGORITHM
Jelacic, D. (pp 423)
SIMULATION ON PRODUCTION CYCLE DURATION BY USING PRIORITY RULES
Klopcic, M., Zupancic, B. (pp 429)
OPTIMIZATION OF FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Kurtanjek, Z. (pp 435)
ANALYSIS OF FED-BATCH OPERATION CONTROL BY COMPUTER SIMULATION
Liska, M., Menhart, P. (pp 439)
PARAMETER TABLES - THE TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO ACCESSING THE SIMULATION MODEL PARAMETERS
Simeonov, S., Simeonovova, J. (pp 445)
SCHEDULING SYSTEM USING A SIMULATION MODEL
Slamic, M., Penzar, D., Penzar, I., Stjepanovic, J. (pp 453)
FIXED-VIEWPOINT REPRESENTATION OF SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LOW-COST INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY SIMULATORS
Simic, Z., O'Brien, J., Mikulicic, V. (pp 459)
AN APPROACH TO ON-LINE RISK ASSESSMENT IN NPP
Sribar, A., Krajcar, S., Skrlec, D. (pp 465)
THE OPTIMIZATION WITH PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHM
Zenzerovic, Z. (pp 473)
CAPACITY BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS USING THE QUEUEING THEORY

MULTIMEDIA

Colazzo, L., Costantino, M, (pp 481)
INTRODUCING HYPERTEXTUAL GLOSSARIES IN A MULTI-USER DIDACTIC ENVIRONMENT
Cicin-Sain, Marina, Cicin-Sain, Marko (pp 489)
AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OF A HYPERMEDIA PROSPECTUS
Glavinic, V., Kapetanovic, D. (pp 495)
PROTOCOL EXTENSIONS FOR MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA MAIL ACCESS
Glavinic, V., Rogovic, B., Vukovic, D. (pp 501)
PROJECT IRISH: ISTRIAN REGION INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Abdi, M. K., Rahmouni, M. K. (pp 509)
COMBINING JSD METHOD AND REWRITE LOGIC FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Batos, V., Kalpic, D. (pp 519)
APPLICATION OF THE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION METHODS IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Champredonde, R., Koldobsky, M., De Giusti, A. (pp 525)
A MODEL OF INTEROPERABLE OBJECTS
Cuevas, G., Fernandez, L., Amescua, A. (pp 533)
METRAD: A METHOD FOR DERIVING A MERISE CONCEPTUAL TREATMENT MODEL BASED ON A DATA FLOW DIAGRAM
Dukic, Z., Loncaric, S. (pp 541)
AN OBJECT-ORIENTED IMPLEMENTATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS USING ELEMENT VECTOR REPRESENTATION
Hrzenjak-Sego, Lj. (pp 547)
CASE TOOLS? WHY? BUT WHY NOT?
Juric, R., Snaith, J. (pp 553)
THE UNIFIED METHOD: A REFLECTIVE DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
Rozanc, I., Mahnic, V. (pp 561)
A TOOL FOR RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

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